We are very grateful to Douglas McNaught, former naval architect at Campbeltown Shipyard, for sharing this brochure of General Arrangement Drawings and Specifications from c. 1970/1971. Campbeltown Shipyard brochure/booklet of General Arrangement Drawings and Specifications from c. 1970/1971. [Front]. Courtesy of Douglas McNaught. Campbeltown Shipyard brochure/booklet of General Arrangement Drawings…
Douglas McNaught, former naval architect at Campbeltown Shipyard. Photo courtesy of Jan Nimmo. It was a pleasure to meet Douglas McNaught, who worked at Campbeltown Shipyard as a naval architect. Douglas has very kindly given us lots of material which we will be scanning for the online archive. We’re also…
We are grateful to Bobby Wylie, former boat designer at Campbeltown Shipyard, for this Outline Specification brochure for the Campbeltown Shipyard’s 87 Seiner. As yet we don’t have a publication date for this but the first 87″ boat, the Sheilwood A 155 (Yard 35), was built in 1977 for Don…
This brochure for Campbeltown Ship Yard came to us via Bobby Wylie, a former boat designer at the yard. We are very grateful to him for this great resource, showing us specifications for all the Campbeltown boats available at the time, from the 26.9 metre stern trawler to the highly…
This large format leaflet for Thames Launch Works is here on the online archive thanks to David Tod of Anstruther. Thames Launch Works, which was based on Eel Pie Island in Twickenham, built a 40″ steel hulled fishing vessel, the Gleaner CN 284, for Campbeltown Skipper, Cecil Finn. Thames Launch…
We’re grateful to former Campbeltown Shipyard draughtsman, Jim Smith, for allowing us to include this “Campbeltown 87″ brochure with the vessel specifications for the renowned 87” Seiner/Pair Trawler. Circa 1985/6. Jim Smith at the Top Skippers’ Choice drop-in session – Campbeltown Town Hall, 1st July, 2019. Courtesy of Jan Nimmo….
We are grateful to skipper David Tod of Fife for allowing us to scan the relevant pages of his copy of Skipper Owner from September 1970. There are several points of interests in the publication which are relevant to Campbeltown Shipyard. The St Adrian KY245 (Yard No. 2) which was…
